Like blogs, wikis offer writers another way to engage in the read/write web that can support their growth over time. A wiki is a website that can be easily revised by multiple authors, and it allows for people to see the revision history as well as have a conversation about individual pages through a discussion form.
By their very nature, wikis are dynamic, subject to change at any moment. Depending on how a teacher invites his students into the use of wikis, particular pages may be kept up by individuals, small groups, or the entire class. For instance, a classroom's homepage may be seen as a space for anyone to post new content and make changes, whereas as students' individual pages are largely seen as their own spaces to share their writing.
excerpt from Hicks (2009), The Digital Writing Workshop, Chapter 3 pp. 42-43.
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